Previous Year Quant Quiz For SSC And FCI Exam

1.The square root of a positive number less than 100 lies between:

(1)0 and 1000

(2)0 and 10

(3)-10 and 10

(4)-100 and 100

2.One-fourth of a tank holds 135 litres of water. What part of the tank is full if it contains 180 litres of water?

(1)2/5

(2)2/3

(3)1/3

(4)1/6

3.The LCM of two numbers is 864 and their HCF is 144. If one of the numbers is 288, the other number is:

(1)576

(2)1296

(3)432

(4)144

4.A boys was asked to find the value of 3/8 of a sum of money. Instead of multiplying the sum by 3/8 he divided it by 3/8 and then his answer exceeded by Rs. 55. Find the correct answer?

(1)Rs. 9

(2)Rs. 24

(3)Rs. 64

(4)Rs. 1,320

5.The least number which when divided by 4, 6, 8, 12 and 16 leaves a remainder of 2 in each case is:

(1)46

(2)48

(3)50

(4)56

6.Sum of two numbers is 40 and their product is 375. What will be the sum of their reciprocals?

(1)8/75

(2)1/40

(3)75/8

(4)75/4

7.In a town, the population was 8000. In one year, male population increased by 10% and female population increased by 8% but the total population increased by 9%. The number of males in the town was:

(1)4000

(2)4500

(3)5000

(4)6000

8.Price of sugar rises by 20%. By how much percent should the consumption of sugar be reduced so that the expenditure does not change?

(1)20

(2)10

(3)16 (2/3)

(4)15

9.Applied to a bill for Rs. 1,00,000 the difference between a discount of 40% and two successive discounts of  36% and 4% is:

(1)Nil

(2)Rs. 1,440

(3)Rs. 2,500

(4)Rs. 4,000

10.A tradesman marks his goods 10% above his cost price. If he allows his customers 10% discount on the marked price, how much profit or loss does he make, if any?

(1)1% gain

(2)1% loss

(3)5% gain

(4)No gain, no loss

Answers and Solution :
1.(3)
Since the numbers between -10 and 10 will be single digit and the numbers below 100 will be either one digit or two digit we know that the square root of one or two digit number is always single digit number. There fore required answers is (3)
2.(3)
3.(3)
Required number = (864*144)/288 = 432
4.(2) Let amount be Rs.x
so According to question,
8/3x - 3/8x = 55
x = Rs.24

5.(3)
L.C.M. of 4, 6, 8, 12, and 16 = 48
So Required number = 48+2 = 50
6.(1)
7.(1)
Men           Women
10%             8%


         9

1%              1%

So Men   : Women = 1 : 1
So Number of men = 1/2 * 8000 = 4000
8.(3)
9.(2)
10.(2)